Wheel cleaner



July 2, 1929. H. KUNTZ WHEEL CLEANER Filed Feb. 25, 1927 Patented July 2, 1929.

warren STATES HENRY KUNTZ, OF 'IIFFIN, OHIO.

WHEEL CLEANER.

Application filed February 25, 1927.

This invention aims to provide a scraper which may be used on the wheel of a grain drill to clear the wheel of mud. One object of the invention is to provide a device of the class described, which will permit the wheel to rotate, under ordinary conditions without increased friction resulting iron. the application of a wheel cleaner to the wheel. Another object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby the device may be attached to a grain drill of known and standard construction. Another object of the invention is to strengthen and reinforce the blade which operates immediately to take the mud oil the wheel.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the 1nvention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in rear elevation, a grain drill equipped with the device forming the subject matter of this application;

Figure 2 is a top plan of the structure shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Figure 1.

The numeral 1 marks a grain drill including an axle 2 carrying a ground wheel 3. The grain drill 1 comprises a rearwardly ex tended frame 4 on which the colters 5 and other parts of the seeding mechanism are supported. The frame 1 includes a cross bar 6, the ground wheel 3 extending rearwardly beyond the cross bar, at one end of the cross bar, as Figure 2 of the drawings will show.

The wheel cleaner is made of metal throughout, and includes a body 7 in the form of a straight bar provided at one end ith an arm 8 'iocated at right angles to if? body 7,. ran a r. 8 having linger a dis Serial No. 170,910.

posed parallel to the body 7, the finger 9 and the body 7 projecting in opposite directions, from opposite ends of the arm 8, the parts 7-89 constituting a bracket which is at tached to the cross bar 6 by securing elc ments 10 passing through the body 7 and holding the body against the cross bar 6, as shown in Figure 2. The numeral 11 designates a brace extended across the angle 12 formed by the parts 8 and 7, the brace 11 having an extension 14 overlapped on the linger 9 of the bracket. A blade 15 is dis posed inside of the finger 9 of the bracket. Securing members 16, such as rivets, connect the blade 15, the finger 9 of the bracket, and the extension 14 of the brace 11.. The brace 11 is supplied at its inner end with a foot 17 connected by securing devices 18 with the body 7 of the bracket. The blade 15, the finger 9, and the extension 1 1 are disposed in alinement with the ground wheel 3, the blade 15 being spaced as at 19, a little way from the periphery of the wheel 3. The result of this construction is that when the ground wheel is running clean, or nearly so, there will be no friction between the ground wheel 3 and the blade 15 of the cleaner; when, however, the wheel 3 balls up a little with mud, the blade 15 will come into operation and clean the wheel down to a thin layer which will do no harm. The blade 15 is held rigidly in place, and is well adapted to withstand the thrust upon it, be cause it is reinforced by two parts, to wit, the finger 9, and the extension 14. The brace 11 stifi'ens and reinforces the structure. Owing to the fact that the bracket includes the arm 8 disposed parallel to the wheel 3, the body 7 of the bracket may be attached to the cross bar 6, and, at the same time, the blade 15 may be arranged properly with respect to the periphery of the wheel. The structure is adapted for use on a grain drill of known construction, and works no changes in the grain drill.

hat is claimed is In a wheel cleaner, a body provided at one end with an arm located at right angles to the body, the arm terminating in a finger disposed. parallel to the body, the bod and the dryer being spaced apart ei" 'ttidinally of th and projecting in apposite (1.

brace being extended across the angle formed by the arm and the body and means for connecting the brace to the body.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto uilixed my signature.

HENRY KUNTZ. 

